Ferrell v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that while the appellant may not have actually pulled the trigger, the evidence established that he played an integral part in the crimes and in luring the victim to his death
• \Execution-style killings are not generally HAC unless the state has presented other evidence to show some physical or mental torture of the victim.\
• judges and attorneys must refrain from discussing religious philosophy or engaging in improper appeals to religious principles
• \Speculation that the victim may have realized that the defendants intended more than a robbery when forcing the victim to drive to the field is insufficient to support this aggravating factor.\
• “Without question, trial judges and attorneys should refrain from discussing religious philosophy in court proceedings.”
• “While Ferrell may not have actually pulled the trigger, the evidence establishes that he played an integral part in these crimes and in actually luring the victim to this death. Thus, at a minimum, he is guilty as a principal under the statute.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

29 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Goodwin v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-12-16· cited 292×
• Brooks v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-05-25· cited 172×
• Bradley v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-03-01· cited 143×
• Alston v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-09-10· cited 97×
• Rimmer v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-07-03· cited 92×
• Donaldson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-04-30· cited 88×
• Chamberlain v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-06-17· cited 88×
• Hutchinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-07-01· cited 78×
• Ibar v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-03-09· cited 77×
• Farina v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-07-06· cited 64×
• Ferrell v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-01-14· cited 64×
• Heath v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-01-29· cited 56×
• Hartley v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-09-19· cited 55×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-12-18· cited 54×
• Lawrence v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-03-20· cited 47×
• Baker v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2011-07-07· cited 46×
• McGirth v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-11-10· cited 38×
• Diaz v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-09-11· cited 36×
• Kopsho v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2012-03-01· cited 27×
• Shere v. Moore
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-09-12· cited 25×

Cites

23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Victor v. Nebraska
  Supreme Court· 1994-05-16· cited 1,656×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1959-03-25· cited 1,148×
• David W. McKay v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1986-10-06· cited 757×
• Hale v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-10-14· cited 430×
• Vivona v. Conboy
  Supreme Court· 1959-10-12· cited 351×
• People v. Sandoval
  California Supreme Court· 1992-12-14· cited 304×
• People v. Wash
  California Supreme Court· 1993-11-18· cited 245×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-10-13· cited 175×
• Hildwin v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1989-07-03· cited 166×
• Griffin v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-07-07· cited 140×
• Staten v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-02-04· cited 110×
• People v. Wrest
  California Supreme Court· 1992-11-23· cited 107×
• Drake v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-05-21· cited 107×
• Corley v. Meese
  Supreme Court· 1988-02-22· cited 99×
• Bryan v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-09-22· cited 98×
• Echols v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-09-19· cited 58×
• Richardson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-04-09· cited 57×
• Hartley v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-09-19· cited 55×
• Rogers v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-05-11· cited 48×
• Diaz v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1987-10-08· cited 40×